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Slate's Best Nonfiction Books of 1995-2019

Here is Slate's list of the best nonfiction books, starting in 1995 and going 25 years through 2019.
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Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder (Lawrence Weschler)
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder
1
Lawrence Weschler
Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)
Into the Wild
2
Jon Krakauer
Madeleine's World: A Biography of a Three-Year-Old (Brian Hall)
Madeleine's World: A Biography of a Three-Year-Old
3
Brian Hall
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Anne Fadiman)
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
4
Anne Fadiman
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
5
David Foster Wallace
Out of Sheer Rage (Geoff Dyer)
Out of Sheer Rage
6
Geoff Dyer
The Tennis Partner (Verghese)
The Tennis Partner
7
Verghese
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families (Philip Gourevitch)
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
8
Philip Gourevitch
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House (Cheryl Mendelson)
Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
9
Cheryl Mendelson
The Battle for God (Karen Armstrong)
The Battle for God
10
Karen Armstrong
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers)
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
11
Dave Eggers
Borrowed Finery (Paula Fox)
Borrowed Finery
12
Paula Fox
American Ground (William Langewiesche)
American Ground
13
William Langewiesche
Random Family (Adrian Nicole Leblanc)
Random Family
14
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation (Jeff Chang)
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
15
Jeff Chang
Fun Home (Alison Bechdel)
Fun Home
16
Alison Bechdel
The World Without Us (Alan Weisman)
The World Without Us
17
Alan Weisman
The Night of the Gun (David Carr)
The Night of the Gun
18
David Carr
The Age of Wonder (Richard Holmes)
The Age of Wonder
19
Richard Holmes
Columbine (Dave Cullen)
Columbine
20
Dave Cullen
The Lost City of Z (David Grann)
The Lost City of Z
21
David Grann
Finishing the Hat (Stephen Sondheim)
Finishing the Hat
22
Stephen Sondheim
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
23
Rebecca Skloot
The Master Switch (Tim Wu)
The Master Switch
24
Tim Wu
The New Jim Crow (Michelle Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
25
Michelle Alexander
The Possessed (Elif Batuman)
The Possessed
26
Elif Batuman
Travels in Siberia (Ian Frazier)
Travels in Siberia
27
Ian Frazier
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
28
Isabel Wilkerson
Harlem Is Nowhere (Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts)
Harlem Is Nowhere
29
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
The Information (James Gleick)
The Information
30
James Gleick
Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Katherine Boo)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
31
Katherine Boo
Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon)
Far From the Tree
32
Andrew Solomon
The Old Ways (Robert MacFarlane)
The Old Ways
33
Robert MacFarlane
People Who Eat Darkness (Richard Lloyd Parry)
People Who Eat Darkness
34
Richard Lloyd Parry
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
35
Lawrence Wright
Lost Girls (Robert Kolker)
Lost Girls
36
Robert Kolker
The Trip to Echo Spring (Olivia Laing)
The Trip to Echo Spring
37
Olivia Laing
The Unwinding (George Packer)
The Unwinding
38
George Packer
Wave (Sonali Deraniyagala)
Wave
39
Sonali Deraniyagala
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
40
Claudia Rankine
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